1939-1979 A.D. With 'reef knot' loop and ring and silk ribbon. Obv: 25mm diameter hand enamelled central disc depicting the radiant standing lion guardant holding shamshir sword with red and green border set against the radiant four-pointed star backing. Rev: shaped with fixed suspension loop; with original blue hinged case of issue with crowned radiant lion emblem to upper lid and printed 'ARTHUS BERTRAND / PARIS' in two lines to inner silk lining of lid. Barac III, 111 (p.1062); see Younessi, Dr O. James, Orders, Decorations and Medals of the Empire of Iran - The Pahlavi Era, USA, 2016, pp.189-198 for details of this order and its badges.141 grams total, box 7.5 x 14 cm. (3 x 5 1/2 in.). Acquired by the vendors father on the UK art market, before 1990. The Order of Homayoun is also known as the Order of the August and was founded in 1939 to replace the earlier Order of the Lion and Sun (instituted 1808); the Order was issued in five degrees with the 5th class being designated Knight of the Order.